All Entries Tagged With: "jobs"
Goldman Sachs To Shed 3,000 Jobs
Goldman Sachs is to shed 3,260 jobs worldwide – about 10% of its workforce.
A spokesman for the company could not say where the cuts would be made.
The axe would fall “throughout the New York-based company,” the Wall Street Journal reported
In September, tycoon Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway agreed to buy $5bn of stock in the Wall [...]
Apple sells 6.9 million iPhones in Q4 of 2008
Hot off of Apple’s Q4 earnings call comes a bit of iPhone news: Alongside 2.6 million Macs and 11 million iPods, Apple managed to sell 6,892,000 iPhones in the fourth fiscal quarter of 2008. In contrast, they sold just 1,119,000 iPhones in fiscal Q4 of 2007.
Feeling a bit spunky, Jobs’ mentioned that they’ve outsold some [...]
The Short List for U.S. Chief Technology Officer
Barack Obama has pledged to name a cabinet-level CTO to oversee a job-creating national broadband buildout if he’s elected. Big names abound
Barack Obama says that the U.S. is not doing nearly enough to create jobs through technology. Shortly after he launched his campaign, the Illinois Senator promised that if elected, he would create the [...]
GMAC Tightens the Auto-Finance Screws
In a letter to GM car dealers, the financing arm says only those shoppers with credit scores above 700 will be approved for loans
The Federal Reserve and U.S. Treasury may be moving to buttress America’s banks and keep the loans flowing. But General Motors Acceptance Corp., the finance company that is 51%-owned by Cerberus [...]
Obama Urges Bailout Bill’s Passage
RENO, Nevada (Reuters) – Presidential candidate Barack Obama urged lawmakers on Tuesday to return to the negotiating table to work on a financial rescue deal and offered a new proposal he said could help attract support.
Apple’s Clever iTunes 8
by Matt Vella
It’s been more than seven years since Apple (AAPL) Chief Executive Steve Jobs bounded onto the stage at the annual MacWorld conference in San Francisco and took the wraps off the first version of iTunes. And oh, what a difference (nearly) a decade makes: The desktop jukebox has evolved from a simple, no-frills [...]
Lost Xbox 360 Worth $1,000,000?
Academia.edu: A Geni For Researchers
Sell-Off Sinks Markets At Close
Amazon launches Kindle application for the iPhone
Oh No You Don’t, Google! Facebook Connect Now Generally Available, Too
Old-school handset for people who still resist cell phones but realize they’re greatly outnumbered
Want a Loan? Act Responsibly
The Bailout: House Jitters?
PhotoJoy: Perfect for Sappy Bloggers with Kids
Joost Continues Fight For Relevancy, Teams Up With Social Network Netlog
Palm Pre to launch in March?
Cameras and mics inside DTV converters? Sorry, no
Ten Years Later, Yahoo Finally Updates Its Calendar
Patapon 2 to be released digitally for the PSP, no more UMD
Miley Cyrus Interview, Hannah Montana The Movie
Mamiya announces two new DSLR cameras
Its Official: Cisco Buys Pure Digital (Flip Video) For $590 Million
Posh is back in shoulder pads and high heels as she takes boys to watch Daddy at Wembley
Twitter Starts Serving Ads For Third Party Apps (But They Aren’t Charging For Them)
Apple iPhone 3G S - 32GB - black (AT&T)